The 25 Best Asian-American Actors In Hollywood

Donnie Yen, who stars in the amazing “Ip Man” series of flims. (Photo: Flickr)

The legendary and inimitable Jackie Chan. (Photo: Flickr)

Shohreh Aghdashloo. (Photo: IMDB)

Ken Watanabe. (Photo: IMDB)

Ki Hong Lee. (Photo: IMDB)

Jet Li. (Photo: Twitter)

John Cho. (Photo: IMDB)

Freida Pinto. (Photo: IMDB)

Dev Patel. (Photo: IMDB)

Yun-Fat Chow. (Photo: IMDB)

Ming-Na Wen. (Photo: IMDB)

Tamlyn Tomita. (Photo: IMDB)

Tim Kang. (Photo: IMDB)

Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead.” (Photo: Wikimedia)

Ken Leung. (Photo: IMDB)

Michelle Yeoh. (Photo: IMDB)

Margaret Cho. (Photo: Flickr)

Lucy Liu. (Photo: IMDB)

Masi Oka. (Photo: IMDB)

Ziyi Zhang. (Photo: IMDB)

Archie Panjabi. (Photo: IMDB)

Sandra Oh. (Photo: IMDB)

Rinko Kikuchi. (Photo: IMDB)

Li Gong. (Photo: IMDB)

Paraminder Nagra. (Photo: IMDB)

Donnie Yen, who stars in the amazing “Ip Man” series of flims. (Photo: Flickr)

People often ask why there aren’t more Asian-Americans starring in Hollywood. But the more prudent question might be, why don’t Asian actors get more credit for shaping American cinema? Movie history is filled with show-stealing performances by Japanese, Chinese and Korean actors in Western films, from Pat “Mr. Migayi” Morita in The Karate Kid to Lucy Liu in Kill Bill.